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Eadweard Muybridge (born April 9, 1830, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England—died May 8, 1904, Kingston upon Thames) was an English photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion and in motion-picture projection.
Eadweard Muybridge (/ ˌɛdwərd ˈmaɪbrɪdʒ /; 9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection.
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) was one of the most influential photographers of his time, and is best known for photographing horses in motion – proving for the first time through high-speed photography that all four hooves leave the ground in mid-gallop.
May 24, 2023 · Sequential photographs of galloping horses became Muybridge’s greatest legacy. He was asked by former California governor and railroad tycoon Leland Stanford to document a galloping horse in order to settle Stanford’s bet with a friend that a horse’s all four hooves lift off the ground when running.
Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904) was a pioneering photographer and inventor. He is internationally renowned for his ground-breaking movement studies and moving image projection which was the...
Apr 9, 2020 · Muybridge is best known for his pioneering work on animal locomotion in 1877 and 1878, which used multiple cameras to capture motion in stop-motion photographs, and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated the flexible perforated film strip used in cinematography.
To accomplish his famous motion sequence photography, Muybridge even designed his own high speed electronic shutter and electro-timer, to be used alongside a battery of up to twenty-four cameras! While Muybridge's motion sequences helped revolutionise still photography, the resultant photographs also punctuated the history of the motion picture.
